ARTIST WHEEL
The Vocabulary of Colour
• Three Dimensions of a colour are;
• 1. Hue= the name of a colour : red, blue etc
• 2. Value = refers to the relative lightness or
darkness of a hue / colour
• 3. Saturation / (chroma) =intensity or maximum
chroma of the hue ( the strongest possible
manifestation of that colour ) .
• All pure hues are fully saturated .
• A saturated hue contains one or two primary
colours but not a third .
The Vocabulary of Colour
• Chroma is a synonym for HUE
• It is a part of familiar colour words
such as :
•
-Chromatic
• - Achromatic
• - Polychromatic
• - Monochromatic
Hue
Chromatic :
having colour /
hue i.e., blue
versus having
no colour ;
black.
Hue
• Achromatic: without
colour i.e black or
white or ,grey.
Hue
• Polychromatic: having many hues
Hue
• Monochromatic: having a single
hue and variations of that hue
Tint/Shade
(adjusting value to a colour )
• Only occasionally are colours used in their
full saturation.
• Hues are typically diluted making them
lighter or darker in value .
• Simplest way to do this is:
• - adding white making it lighter = tint
• -adding black making it darker = shade
Artists Wheel
Primary Colours
• Original colours from
which all other
colours are
derived.
R
Y
B
Primary Colours (3)
Red ,Yellow ,Blue
Cannot be mixed or
formed by any
combination of other
colours :all other colours
are derived from these
hues.
They have no elements
in common.
Example of a tear sheet that would
represent the Primary colours
Secondary Colours
• Created by mixing equal parts of two
primary colours.
R+Y=O
Y+B=G
B+R=V
Secondary Colours ( 3)
Orange, Green,
Violet
Each secondary
colour is at a mid
point from the
primaries.
Tear sheet examples
Tertiary Colours
• Created by mixing parts of a primary
and a secondary; the name of the
primary goes first.
YO
RO
YG
RV
BG
BV
Tertiary colors rest between the colors used to form each on the color wheel
Tertiary Colours (6)
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Each colour has a two -word name:
Yellow- orange
Red-orange
Red - violet
Blue-violet
Blue-green
Yellow- green
They are mid point
between the primary
and secondary hues
Artist wheel
Colour mixing
Primary colours= Red ,Blue ,yellow
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Secondary colours
Red+ yellow = orange
Yellow + blue =green
Blue + red = violet
Tertiary colours
Red +orange = red- orange
Yellow+ Orange = yellow -orange
Yellow + green = yellow -green
Blue+ green =blue -green
Blue +violet= blue -violet
Violet +red = red- violet
In Class Workshop
• Pull out your colour aid paper .
• Working with Pack one only
• Form a triangle with three primaries ,
blue to the left and yellow to the right .
Start with red #108 at the top
• Assemble the 12 colour wheel in its
proper order
• We are creating PAGE #1 for the
manual
Primary Colours – look for the
purest chromas
.
#108
R
B
Y
Primary Colours
Did you get the right colours?
R
108
Y
23
B
70
Secondary Colours
• Created by mixing equal parts of two
primary colours. Look for the secondary
colours . These will be strong in saturation.
These colours are mid point between the
two primaries .
R+Y=O
Y+B=G
B+R=V
Secondary Colours
• Compare these shades to the two that
combine it……..is the colour half of
each?
R+Y=O
11
Y+B=G
45
B+R=V
87
Tertiary Colours
• Created by mixing equal parts of a primary
and a secondary; the name of the primary
goes first.
RO
YO
RV
BV
YG
BG
Tertiary Colours
• How are these colours made?
• Can you see the blending of hues?
RO
6
YO
15
YG
32
BG
55
BV
81
• Do they make sense to you visually?
RV
93
Artist Wheel Order of Colours
R
RV
RO
V
O
BV
YO
B
Y
BG
YG
G
Artist Wheel -Numeric Codes
RV
93
R
108
RO
6
V
87
O
11
BV
81
YO
15
B
70
Y
23
BG
55
G
45
YG
32
Colour Manual Assignment
• HOW TO FOR:
1) ARTIST WHEEL -Colour aids –Pg.1
2) TEAR SHEET artist wheel primary
colours - Pg.2
3 ) COLOUR MIXING - Artist wheel
Double page spread – Pgs.3 & 4
Artist Colour WheelColour Aids - Page# 1
• Create an artist colour wheel by punching the Color
aid card colours into 1”circles .Colours identified as per
class workshop and mounting them onto card stock .
• Create a template for the artist wheel using the
computer direction from module 14 Google drive.
• Print the template along with the title and the page
number onto card stock . The template must contain
the tilrle page number and colour alaph coded
• Mount the 1” Color aid circles onto the printed
template of 8.5x11 card stock paper.
• Example of page next slide
PAGE #1
Artist Wheel Pantone Colours
RV
R
RO
V
o
BV
YO
B
Y
BG
G
YG
1) Ensure you label
the colours
ALPHA CODES
inside wheel
2) The wheel must
occupy the
majority of the
page & is
centered
3) The circles are
glued on to
card stock .
4) The wheel must
be a perfect
circle .
5) Label the wheel
(title)
7) Page # Initials .
Computer Directions
Google Drive Module 14
Information on how to create Artist wheel via
the Computer instruction Booklet
Example of instructions and template
Page #2
Artist wheel SAM PLE OF Tear sheet
PAGE # 2
Artist wheel Primary Palette
Page number -Initials
Tear sheet
page to follow
GENERAL
TEMPLATE
created
-APPLY Same
size/type of
font
-Same size of
photos
-Page number
as per
pagination
-Initials
Page# 3 &4
Colour Mixing for Artist Wheel
Colour Mixing Artist Wheel
Colour Mixing Artist Wheel
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Primary Colours
R
Y
B
Secondary
colours
Primary
colors
Z
Z
Z
Page # Initials
Z
B+R=V
Z
Z
Z
Z
Z
Tertiary Colours
Z
Z
Z
Z
Z
Z
Z
Z
Z
Z
Z
Z
Z
Z
Z
Z
Z
Page # Initials
Z
Homework
• WEEK 6 – Artist wheel template. Oct 12th 11;59 pm
Blackboard Dropbox module 6 .
• Format – Word document pdf if required
• WEEK 7 - Mid term 15 %
• WEEK 8
PART 1 MANUAL DUE NOVEMBER 3RD
• WEEK 11 PART 1 AND 2 MANUAL DUE NOVEMBER 24TH
• WEEK 12 FORECASTING GROUP PROJECT
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